Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Code
Modification(s)
Bicycling
01009
01015
01020
01060
02011
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.5; Changed the description of activities to read "bicycling, stationary, 30-50 watts, very light to light effort"
02012
Changed MET level from 5.5 to 6.8; Changed the description of activities to read "bicycling, stationary, 90-100 watts, moderate to vigorous effort"
02013
Changed MET level from 7.0 to 8.8; Changed the description of activities to read "bicycling, stationary, 101-160 watts, vigorous effort"
02014
Changed MET level from 10.5 to 11.0; Changed the description of activities to read "bicycling, stationary, 161-200 watts, vigorous effort"
01015
Changed MET level from 12.5 to 14.0; Changed the description of activities to read "bicycling, stationary, 201-270 watts, very vigorous effort"
02020
02030
02040
02050
02070
Changed MET level from 7.0 to 6.0; Added "vigorous effort" to the description of activities
02071
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 4.8; Changed the description of activities to read "rowing, stationary, general, moderate effort"
02080
02100
02101
02110
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 6.8; Changed the description of activities to read "teaching exercise class (e.g., aerobic, water)"
02120
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 5.3; Added "water exercise" to the description of activities
02130
02135
03010
Changed MET level from 4.8 to 5.0; Changed the description of activities to read "ballet, modern, or jazz, general, rehearsal or class"
03015
03016
03017
03021
03025
Changed the description of activities to read "ethnic or cultural dancing (e.g., Greek, Middle Eastern, hula, salsa, merengue, bamba y plena,
flamenco, belly, and swing)"
Removed "dancing" from the description of activities
Conditioning Exercises
Dancing
03030
03031
03050
Changed MET level from 4.5 to 7.3; Changed the description of activities to read "general dancing (e.g., disco, folk, Irish step dancing, line
dancing, polka, contra, country)"
Removed "or other traditional American Indian dancing" from the description of activities
04001
04010
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 4.3; Added "fishing relate" to the description of activities
04030
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 2.8; Added "or canoe" to the descriptin of activities
Category
Code
Modification(s)
Home Activity
05010
Changed the description of activities to read "cleaning, sweeping carpet or floors, general"
05021
Changed the description of activities to read "cleaning, mopping, standing, moderate effort"
05025
05027
05030
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.3; Added "moderate effort" to the description of activities
05040
Changed the description of activities to read "cleaning, general (straightening up, changing linen, carrying out trash, light effort"
05041
05042
05043
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 3.3; Added "general, moderate effort" to the description of activities
05045
05050
05053
05065
05070
05080
Changed MET level from 1.5 to 1.3; Changed the description of activities to read "knitting, sewing, lt. wrapping (presents), sitting"
05090
05095
Changed the description of activities to read "laundry, fold or hang clothes, put clothes in washer or dryer, packing suitcase, washing clothes by
hand, implied standing, light effort"
Changed the description of activities to read "laundry, putting away clothes, gathering clothes to pack, putting away laundry, implied walking"
05100
Changed MET level from 2.0 to 3.3; Added "changing linens" to the description of activities
05120
05130
Changed MET level from 3.8 to 3.5; Added "moderate effort" to the description of activities
05146
Changed the description of activities to read "standing, packing/unpacking boxes, occasional lifting of lightweight household items, loading or
unloading items in car, moderate effort"
Changed the description of activities to read "standing, light effort tasks (pump gas, change light bulb, etc.)"
05160
05165
05170
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.5; Changed the description of activities to read "walking, moderate effort tasks, non-cleaning (readying to leave,
shut/lock doors, close windows, etc.)"
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 2.2; Added "effort" to the description of activities
05171
05175
05181
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 3.5; Changed the description of activities to read "walking/running, playing with child(ren), moderate effort, only
active periods"
Changed MET level from 5.0 to 5.8; Changed the description of activities to read "walking/running, playing with child(ren), vigorous effort, only
active periods"
Changed the description of activities to read "walking and carrying small child, child weighing 15 lbs or more"
05185
05186
05192
Changed MET level from 2.8 to 3.0; Added "effort" to the description of activities
05193
05194
05180
Category
Code
Modification(s)
Home Repair
06030
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.3; Added "light or moderate effort" to the description of activities
06050
06060
06070
06140
06160
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.3; Changed the description of activities to read "painting inside house,wallpapering, scraping paint"
06220
06230
06240
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.3; Changed the description of activities to read "wiring, tapping-splicing"
07020
07021
Changed MET level from 1.0 to 1.3; Changed the description of activities to read "sitting quietly, general"
07030
07040
07050
07060
07070
08010
08020
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 6.3; Added "vigorous effort" to the description of activities
08030
08040
Changed MET level from 5.0 to 6.3; Changed the description of activities to read "clearing brush/land, undergrowth, or ground, hauling branches,
wheelbarrow chores, vigorous effort"
Added "shoveling sand" to the description of activities
08060
08080
08120
Changed MET level from 5.5 to 5.0; Added "moderate or vigorous effort" to the description of activities
08125
08130
08140
Changed MET level from 4.5 to 4.3; Added "stooping, moderate effort" to the description of activities
08160
Changed MET level from 4.3 to 3.8; Added "or leaves, moderate effort" to the description of activities
08210
08215
08220
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 3.0; Added "push applicator" to the description of activities
08245
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 3.8; Added "moderate effort" to the description of activities
08246
08250
09010
09020
Changed MET level from 2.3 to 1.8; Changed the description of activities to read " drawing, writing, painting, standing"
Inactivity
Miscellaneous
Category
Music Playing
Occupation
Code
Modification(s)
09040
09050
Changed the description of activities to read "standing, talking in person, on the phone, computer, or text messaging, light effort"
09060
Changed the description of activities to read "sitting, studying, general, including reading and/or writing, light effort"
09071
09075
Changed MET level from 1.5 to 1.8; Added "carving wood, weaving, spinning wool" to the description of activities
09080
Changed MET level from 2.0 to 3.0; Added "carving wood, weaving, spinning wool" to the description of activities
09085
Changed MET level from 1.8 to 2.5; Added "sand painting, carving, weaving" to the description of activities
09090
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.3; Added "sand painting, carving, weaving" to the description of activities
09095
09100
09105
10010
10020
Changed MET level from 2.0 to 2.3; Added "sitting" to the description of activities
10030
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 2.3; Added "standing" to the description of activities
10040
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 3.8; Added "sitting" to the description of activities
10060
Changed MET level from 2.0 to 1.8; Added "standing" to the description of activities
10070
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 2.3; Changed the description of activities to read "piano, sitting"
10080
10090
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 1.8; Added "standing" to the description of activities
10100
10110
Changed MET level from 2.0 to 1.8; Added "sitting" to the description of activities
10130
Changed the description of activities to read "marching band, baton twirling, walking, moderate pace, general"
11015
11030
11040
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 4.3; Added "moderate effort" to the description of activities
11050
Changed the description of activities to read "carrying heavy loads (e.g., bricks, tools)"
11060
11070
11080
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 4.0; Changed the description of activities to read "chambermaid, hotel housekeeper, making bed, cleaning
bathroom, pushing cart"
Changed MET level from 6.5 to 5.3
11090
11100
11110
11120
Changed MET level from 5.5 to 4.0; Changed the description of activities to read "construction, outside, remodeling, new structures (e.g., roof
repair, miscellaneous)"
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 2.3; Changed the description of activities to read "custodial work, light effort (e.g., cleaning sink and toilet, dusting,
vacuuming, light cleaning)"
11125
Category
Code
Modification(s)
11126
11130
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 3.8; Changed the description of activities to read "custodial work, moderate effort (e.g., electric buffer, feathering
arena floors, mopping, taking out trash, vacuuming)"
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 3.3; Changed the description of activities to read "electrical work (e.g., hook up wire, tapping-splicing)"
11170
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 2.8; Changed the description of activities to read "farming, driving tasks (e.g., driving tractor or harvester)"
11180
11190
11191
11192
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 4.5; Added "general" to the description of activities
11210
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.5; Added "cleaning pails" to the description of activities
11220
11240
11245
Changed MET level from 11.0 to 8.0; Changed the description of activities to read "fire fighter, raising and climbing ladder with full gear, simulated
fire suppression"
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 9.0; Added "carrying/hoisting equipment, breaking down walls, etc., wearing full gear"
11246
11250
11260
11380
Changed MET level from 17.0 to 17.5; Changed the description of activities to read "forestry, ax chopping, very fast, 1.25 kg axe, 51 blows/min,
extremely vigorous effort"
Added "1.25 kg axe, 19 blows/min, moderate effort" to the description of activities
11390
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 7.3; Added "including feeding, cleaning stalls, bathing, brushing, clipping, longeing and exercising horses" to the
description of activities
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 7.3
11400
11410
11420
11430
11450
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 3.0; Changed the description of activities to read "machine tooling (e.g., machining, working sheet metal, machine
fitter, operating lathe, welding) light-to-moderate effort"
Added "moderate effort" to the description of activities
11480
Changed MET level from 7.0 to 4.3; Added "moderate effort" to the description of activities
11485
11490
11510
Changed the description of activities to read "moving, carrying or pushing heavy objects, 75 lbs or more, only active time (e.g., desks, moving van
work)"
Added "picking fruit" to the description of activities
11520
Changed MET level from 2.3 to 2.5; Added "paper industry worker" to the description of activities
11526
11530
11540
11550
Changed MET level from 9.0 to 8.8; Changed the description of activities to read "shoveling, more than 16 pounds/minute, deep digging, vigorous
effort"
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 5.0; Changed the description of activities to read "shoveling, less than 10 pounds/minute, moderate effort"
11560
Category
Code
Modification(s)
11570
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 5.0; Changed the description of activities to read "shoveling, 10 to 15 pounds/minute, vigorous effort"
11580
11585
Changed the description of activities to read "sitting tasks, light effort (e.g., office work, chemistry lab work, computer work, light assembly repair,
watch repair, reading, desk work)"
Changed the description of activities to read "sitting meetings, light effort, general, and/or with talking involved (e.g., eating at a business meeting)"
11590
Changed the description of activities to read "sitting tasks, moderate effort (e.g., pushing heavy levers, riding mower/forklift, crane operation)"
11600
Changed MET level from 2.3 to 3.0; Added "librarian, standing" to the description of activities
11615
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 4.5; Added "standing, moderate effort" to the description of activities
11620
11630
11720
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 4.5; Changed the description of activities to read "standing, moderate/heavy tasks (e.g., lifting more than 50 lbs,
masonry, painting, paper hanging)"
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 8.3; Changed the description of activities to read "steel mill, vigorous effort (e.g., hand rolling, merchant mill
rolling, removing slag, tending furnace)"
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 2.3; Added "fabric" to the description of activities
11740
11760
11765
11766
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 4.0; Added "moderate effort (e.g., spinning and weaving operations, delivering boxes of yam to spinners, loading of
warp bean, pinwinding, conewinding, warping, cloth cutting)" to the description of activities
Added "tying down load, walking and carrying heavy loads" to the description of activities
11770
11780
11792
11793
11795
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.5; Added "on job" to the description of activities
11800
11805
11810
12030
12050
12060
12070
12080
12090
12100
12110
12120
12130
Changed MET level from 18.0 to 16.0; Replaced "10.9 mph" with "11 mph" in the description of activities
12190
11710
Running
Category
Code
Modification(s)
Self Care
13000
13035
Changed MET level from 1.0 to 1.8; Added "eliminating while standing or squating" from the description of activities
13020
13036
13040
13045
13046
14010
14020
14030
15010
15030
15075
15100
15110
15135
15150
Changed MET level from 5.0 to 5.8; Changed the description of activities to read "childrens games, adults playing (e.g., hopscotch, 4-square,
dodge ball, playground apparatus, t-ball, tetherball, marbles, jacks, arcade games), moderate effort"
Changed MET level from 5.0 to 4.8; Added "fielding" to the description of activities
15160
15210
15255
15265
Changed MET level from 4.5 to 4.3; Removed "See footnote at end of the Compendium" from the description of activities
15285
Changed MET level from 4.3 to 4.5; Removed "See footnote at end of the Compendium" from the description of activities
15300
15350
15360
15370
15380
15390
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 4.5; Changed the description of activities to read "saddling, cleaning, grooming, harnessing and unharnessing
horse"
Changed MET level from 6.5 to 5.8
15400
15430
15470
Changed MET level from 10.0 to 10.3; Changed the description of activities to read "martial arts, different types, moderate pace (e.g., judo, jujitsu,
karate, kick boxing, tae kwan do, tai-bo, Muay Thai boxing)"
Added "off-road motor sports, all-terrain vehicle, general" to the description of activities
15510
15530
15535
Changed MET level from 11.0 to 7.5; Added "high difficulty" to the description of activities
Sexual Activity
Sports
Category
Transportation
Walking
Code
Modification(s)
15540
15550
Changed MET level from 12.0 to 12.3; Added "fast pace, 120-160 skips/min" to the description of activities
15551
Changed MET level from 10.0 to 11.8; Added "100-120 skips/min, 2 foot skip, plain bounce" to the description of activities
15552
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 8.8; Added "slow pace, <100 skips/min, 2 foot skip, rhythm bounce" to the description of activities
15560
Changed MET level from 10.0 to 8.3; Added "union, team, competitive" to the description of activities
15570
15580
15591
Changed MET level from 12.0 to 7.5; Added "14.4 km/h (9.0 mph), recreational pace" to the description of activities
15600
15670
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 3.0; Added "qi gong, general" to the description of activities
15675
15685
15700
15711
15725
16010
16015
16016
Changed MET level from 1.0 to 1.3; Added "or train" to the description of activities
16020
Changed MET level from 2.0 to 1.8; Added "or helicopter" to the description of activities
16030
16050
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 2.5; Changed the description of activities to read "truck, semi, tractor, > 1 ton, or bus, driving"
17020
Changed MET level from 3.5 to 5.0; Removed "infant" from the description of activities
17025
17031
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.5; Added "implied walking" to the description of activities
17035
17040
17050
17070
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.5; Changed the description of activites to read "descending stairs"
17085
17090
Changed MET level from 6.5 to 8.0; Added "no pack" to the description of activities
17100
Changed MET level from 2.5 to 4.0; Added "2.5 to 3.1 mph" to the description of activities
17105
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 3.5; Removed "setting" from the description of activities
17130
17151
17152
17170
Category
Water Activities
Winter Activities
Code
Modification(s)
17180
17190
Changed MET level from 3.3 to 3.5; Replaced "3.0 mph" with 2.8 to 3.2 mph" in the description of activities
17200
17210
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 5.3; Changed the description of activities to read "walking, 2.9 to 3.5 mph, uphill, 1 to 5% grade"
17230
17231
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 8.3; Added "level, firm surface" to the description of activities
17260
18010
18040
18050
18060
Changed MET level from 12.0 to 12.5; Added "kayaking, competition" to the description of activities
18100
18130
18140
Changed MET level from 3.0 to 3.3; Added "leisure" to the description of activities
18150
18160
18180
18190
18220
18230
18240
18250
Changed MET level from 7.0 to 9.5; Added "training or competition" to the description of activities
18260
Changed MET level from 10.0 to 10.3; Added "training or competition" to the description of activities
18270
18280
Changed MET level from 11.0 to 10.0; Added "fast speed" to the decription of activities
18290
18320
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 8.3; Changed the description of activities to read "swimming, crawl, medium speed, ~50 yards/minute, vigorous
effort "
Changed MET level from 8.0 to 7.0
18340
18350
18355
18366
19040
19050
19080
19090
Category
Religious Activities
Volunteer Activities
Code
Modification(s)
19100
19110
Changed MET level from 14.0 to 15.0; Added "elite skier" to the description of activities
19130
19150
Changed MET level from 5.0 to 4.3; Added "alpine or snowboarding" and "active time only" to the description of activities
19160
Changed MET level from 6.0 to 5.3; Added "alpine or snowboarding" and "active time only" to the description of activities
19190
19200
20000
20001
20005
20015
20025
20037
20038
20047
20060
20061
20065
20095
20100
Changed MET level from 4.0 to 4.5; Changed the description of activities to read "Standing, moderate-to-heavy effort, manual labor, lifting 50
lbs, heavy maintenance"
Changed MET level from 1.5 to 1.3
21016
21018
21019
21030
21035
21045
21050
21055
21060
21065